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Magnussen "almost crashed like Grosjean" in FP2

Haas F1's Kevin Magnussen has admitted that he almost crashed in FP2 in exactly the same way his teammate Romain Grosjean did earlier on Friday, which is by having the DRS open while in a corner. While some cars have enough downforce to permit doing this, this is certainly not the case for Haas. Romain Grosjean is an example of that, as the Frenchman tried to find the limit, and went way over it in his attempt. He crashed his car heavily, which also led to him missing FP2 and with that, valuable practice time. “I tried once and nearly ended up like Romain,” Magnussen said when asked by Motorsport if he attempted using DRS through Abbey, the first turn of the...
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